Online course
Farm safety: livestock, machinery and slurry
The risks that kill and injure people on farms: vehicles and Safe Stop, ATVs, PTO shafts and machinery, cattle, slurry gas, zoonoses and pesticides, falls through roofs, and keeping children and visitors safe.
- 3units
- 9lessons
- 1.5 hoursto complete
- 3 yearssuggested refresher
Included with every paid plan, from £79 a year.
What the course covers
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Vehicles and machinery
Safe Stop, tractors and telehandlers, ATVs, and PTO shafts and machine maintenance.
- Farm vehicles and Safe Stop
- Quad bikes and other ATVs
- PTO shafts and machinery
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Livestock, slurry and health
Working safely with cattle, the deadly danger of slurry gas, zoonoses and pesticides.
- Working with livestock
- Slurry gas and confined spaces
- Zoonoses and pesticides
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Falls, children and visitors
Falls through roofs and from heights, keeping children and the public safe, and a worked example.
- Falls and falling objects
- Children, family and visitors
- Worked example: a family dairy farm
Assessment and certificate
- A short quiz after each unit, with the reason for every answer.
- A final assessment of 15 questions; the pass mark is 70%.
- Pass it on a paid plan for a certificate of completion with a QR code anyone can check.
This is online awareness training, not an accredited qualification. It doesn't on its own show someone is competent for a task. Awareness course: it isn't operator training for tractors, ATVs, telehandlers or chainsaws, or a pesticide certificate of competence.